Carolina Panthers impending free-agent CB Charles Tillman is not expected to return to the Panthers as he turns 35 years old later this month and has suffered season-ending injuries three straight years.

Carolina Panthers CB Charles Tillman and DE Jared Allen want to play in the NFL next season, but only if it's for the Panthers. Tillman is an impending free agent and is coming off a torn anterior cruciate ligament, though, and Allen would count $8.5 million against Carolina's salary cap under his current contract.